Texas players congratulate Curtis Thigpen following his third-inning home run against Florida State.

By Phil Coale, AP

Garrido, who has coached four national championship teams — three at Cal State-Fullerton — eclipsed former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson.

Last year's College World Series MVP with four saves, Street struck out three of the first five hitters he faced and got Tony Richie to ground back to the mound with two runners on base to end the game.

Richie had driven in three runs for the Seminoles, including one with his 12th home run of the season. His seventh inning single scored Tony McQuade for the game's final run.

Taylor Teagarden and Curtis Thigpen homered on successive pitches in the third inning as the Longhorns (48-18) grabbed a 5-2 lead, sending Florida State starter Matt Lynch (13-4) to his earliest exit of the season.

Lynch, who came into the game with a 42-7 career record at Florida State, had been bothered in recent days with a blister on his pitching hand, but told coaches he was OK to make the critical start.

Texas will meet Miami on Saturday in its first-round CWS game at Omaha

Florida State (54-13-1), which has never won a CWS title, has been eliminated in three straight Super Regional tournaments, including the last two at home as the NCAA's top-seeded team.

Sophomore shortstop Stephen Drew, the Seminoles' leadoff hitter, did not play because of a hamstring injury suffered in Sunday night's game when he slipped rounding second base.

Rice headed back to CWS as Townsend mows down Houston

HOUSTON — Wade Townsend struck out nine and allowed four hits over eight innings and Dane Bubela hit a go-ahead two-run double as the Rice Owls advanced to the College World Series for the fourth time in seven years with a 5-2 victory over the Houston Cougars on Monday.

The Owls (53-11) won the best of three-game series 2-1 and will play in the CWS for the second straight year. Rice has a 1-6 record in the CWS. The Owls were eliminated with two straight losses last season.

Townsend (10-1) allowed an RBI single by Travis Tully in the first inning but then shutdown the Cougars, who were trying to reach the CWS for the first time since 1967. He walked two and allowed one earned run.

After a triple by Michael Bourn in the third inning, Townsend retired the next 11 batters in order until he walked Tully with two out in the sixth inning.

Brian Henderson (5-5) got the start for the Cougars and after retiring the first five batters in the game, he walked Austin Davis in the second and Matt Emerson doubled to right field.

A throwing error by Houston second baseman Cole Bruce into the Rice dugout for en error allowed both runners to score on a grounder by Bubela for a 2-1 Rice lead.

Houston got a run in the first on an RBI single by Tully and Matt Farrington's sacrifice fly in the third tied it at 2-2, scoring Michael Bourn, who had tripled to the right-centerfield wall.

Henderson hit Paul Janish with a pitch and Davis singled in the fourth inning and with two out, Bubela singled scoring both baserunners for a 4-2 lead. Justin Ruchti had an RBI single in the sixth.

Henderson pitched 3 2/3 innings. He allowed three hits, four runs, two earned and he had one walk and one strikeout.

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